Though MacArthur forbade air attacks against the city heavy artillery barrages by both sides levelled much of what the fires had left standing. |
Of course, through the 1960s, Southern states had laws that forbade mixed-race unions. |
I suffered from an affection of the sight, which forbade all use of the eyes for purposes of study. |
The Tokugawa shoguns forbade the building of any ships large enough to sail the open ocean, and no one was allowed to leave the country. |
The blue laws of New England forbade the playing of cards and other common games on the Sabbath. |
The Venetian republic forbade its citizen nobles from assuming titles such as prince, duke, marquis, or count. |